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How To Install PHP 7.4 and Set Up a Local Development Environment on Ubuntu 18.04

Published on March 31, 2021
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👁 How To Install PHP 7.4 and Set Up a Local Development Environment on Ubuntu 18.04

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Introduction

PHP is a popular server scripting language known for creating dynamic and interactive web pages. Getting up and running with your language of choice is the first step in learning to program.

This tutorial will guide you through installing PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu and setting up a local programming environment via the command line. You will also install a dependency manager, Composer, and test your installation by running a script.

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I followed all the instructions but my apache seems to still be pointing/using php 7.2 (That is what my wordpress dashboard says) even though php -v on the command line gives me 7.4 as a result. What can I do to make apache use the latest php version?

This recepie no longer works. Apparetnly, ondrej has deleted the required files. Following this tutorial now returns the following error:

root@MySites:~# sudo apt -y install php7.4

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

E: Unable to locate package php7.4

E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.4'

E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.4'

I have also run into issues with this being out of date, ondrej/php does not now support ubuntu 18.04 - also I am unable to update ubuntu due to security clashes with php7.2.

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